ONE-TIME Hongkong jockey Philip Waldron produced the shock of the meeting at Taipa yesterday when 50-1 chance My Fancy scored a thrilling head victory in the third event.
Waldron, who has had a difficult season to date, proved fractionally too strong for topweight Lung Sung One in the Class Three, 1,200-metre event where odds-on favourite Deluxina (9-5) could finish only fifth.
The winner was trained by Waldron's regular employer, former Malton-based trainer Keith Stone, who said of the horse: ''I have always felt there was something there but he disappointed us slightly on a couple of occasions.'' If My Fancy had the Taipa faithful reeling, it was one of the few real shocks.
No less than five favourites readily obliged with Kevin Connolly saddling up a short-priced double.
The former Curragh-based trainer was successful, as expected, with exciting Eagle World (9-5 favourite) who gave New Zealander Grant Davison an armchair ride in winning the Class Four short sprint by two lengths.
Eagle World ran them off their feet with Tak Po World (16-1) providing some value in the quinella.
Pat Shanahan, due to return to Ireland at the end of the month after a successful three-month stint, brought up the Connolly double when Cubism (9-5 favourite) scored a two-length win in the Class Four, 1,000-metre final event.